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  1. Jalview
  2. JAL-2344

Refactor file format options as interfaces instead of text strings

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Priority: Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Fix Version/s: 2.10.2
    • Component/s: Dev and Dep
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      Description

      Currently, supported file formats are handled as text strings (constants in AppletFormatAdapter).
      This is fragile (updates needed in several places for a new format), verbose (if-then-else statements), not type safe, does not support plug-in of additional formats.

      Enhance the code to use interfaces that describe file formats, with file format types as implementors of these interfaces.

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          Task - A task that needs to be done. JAL-2391 Review PDBEntry.Type enum - use FileFormatI instead?

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing work, production could not run.
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          Epic - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a big user story that needs to be broken down. JAL-1567 more powerful GUI for exporting data as flatfile/cut and paste text

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
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          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. JAL-2476 Import of files other than alignment files by Desktop->Import-> or drag'n'drop

          • Major - Major loss of function.
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              Assignee:
              gmungoc Mungo Carstairs
              Reporter:
              gmungoc Mungo Carstairs
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